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THERAPEUTIC ATTACHMENT FOR GALVANIG BATTERIBS. No. 401.366. PatentedApr. 16,1889.

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THERAPEUTIC ATTACHMENT FOR GALVANIG BATTERIES.

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THERAPEUTIC ATTACHMENT FOB. GALVANIG BATTERIES. No. 401,366.. PatentedApr. 16, 1889.

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UNITED STATES CHAUNCEY PATENT OEEIcE.

V. OSBORN, OF CIIICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE MCINTOSH BATTERY ANDOPTICAL COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.401,366, dated April 16,1889.

Application filed May 1'7, 1886 Serial No. 202,462. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHAUNOEY V. OSBORN, residing at Chicago, in thecounty of Cook and State Illinois, and a citizen of the 5 United States,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Therapeutic Attachmentsfor Galvanic Batteries, of which the following is a full description,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is atop or plan view showing the arm which controls the intermissions of aninterrupted circuit midwaybctween a quick and slow movement and the armwhich determines the number of cells in use at the full capacity of r 5the battery; Fig. 2, a plan view showing the arm controlling theintermissions of the interrupted circuit adjusted for a slow movementand the arms which indicate the cells in use, arranged to leave out abroken cell and still indicate the number of cells in use; Fig. 3, across-section through the rheotome with the current-selector broken cit;Fig. 4, a bottom view of the plate, showing the manner of running thewires; Fig. 5, aside elevation of the rheotome with the outer casingremoved; Fig. 6, a sectional elevation of the rheotome with the outercasing removed; Fig. '7, a side elevation of the cover with the devicesthereon; Fig. 8, an enlarged detail showing the verge and the connectionwith the wires of the battery. Fig. 9 is a diagram illustrating thecircuits and their connections.

My invention relates to that class of galvanic batteries adapted totherapeutic purposes, its only use being the application of electricityin the treatment of disease.

It is the purpose of my invention to provide novel and simple means,whereby the operator may effectually control and regulate the number ofintermissions for an interrupted circuit, so that a quick or slowinterruption can be had without changing the wires or connectionsbetween the battery, rheotome, and binding-posts, and without anychanges in the arrangement of the parts, and 'to enable a broken cell tobe thrown out of use, and at the same time indicate the number of cellsin use, and its nature consists in the several parts and combinations ofparts hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims as new.

In the drawings, A represents a plate made of vulcanized india-rubber orother non-con ducting material, and of a dimension to correspond withthe dimensions of the cell-receiving receptacle for the battery.

B represents a cylindrical shell or casing made of sheet-brass or othersuitable material, and of a dimension to inclose the devices belongingto the rheotome. 6c

C represents a plate of brass or other suitable material, secured in anysuitable manner to the upper edge of the shell or casing B, and havingon one side an extension, C. The top of this plate C and its extension Care divided by lines into three spaces, a a a, on which are placeddesignating-figures l 2 3, and the spaces a a a are divided bycrosscurved lines into spaces Z) Z) Z), on which are placed,respectively, designating-figures for the breaks.

D is a plate of a diameter to lit within the shell or case B, and Danother plate correspon ding in diameter to the plate D, between whichplates and within the wall or shell 13 is located the mechanism by.which the beats or interruptions of the circuit are controlled. The twoplates D D are connected together by posts (I, which posts at the lowerends may be permanently secured to the plate D, and So to the upper endsof which posts the plate D can be secured by screws (1, or in some otherremovable manner, and to the plate D is at tached the cover or plate Cby screws 0 so that the shell B, plate C, and plates D D are allconnected.

E is a wire on which is mounted a movable ball, E, and this wire at oneend is screwed into or otherwise fastened to a post, e, the lower end ofwhich is stepped into the plate D, the post extending through and somedistance above the plate D and the plate C.

F is a verge-wheel, with which a verge, f, coacts, the verge beingsecured in any firm 5 manner on the post 6. The verge-wheel F is mountedon a shaft, F, the ends of which are stepped in the plates D D.

G is a cog-wheel mounted on a shaft, G, which shaft is stepped in theplates D D ,and the wheel is so located and arranged as to mesh with apinion, g, secured to the shaft F.

H is a drum, the lower plate of which is provided with cogs to mesh witha pinion, h,

on the shaft G.

I is a winding-stem, the lower end of which is stepped in the plate D,and the upper end of which extends through the platesO D, and is squaredto receive the'winding-key. This stem passes through the drum H, and tothis stem is firmly attached one end of a coiled spring, I, the otherend of which is secured in any suitable manner to the drum, the springbeing located within the drum and, as shown, the upper end of the drum,is closed by a suitable plate. The stem I below the plate D has securedthereto a ratchet-wheel, l, which is locked against backward movement bya ratchet, Z, pivoted to the under side of the plate D, and controlledby a spring, 1'. The ratchet-wheel and ratchet allow the stem to beturned in "a forward direction to wind up the spring I, but lock thestem against rotation as the spring unwinds to rorate the drum H andimpart rotation to the train of gear for operating the verge-wheel, thedrum beingloosely mounted on the stem I.

J is a stem passing up through the plates 0 D, and having its upper endsquared to receive a key, and the lower end of this stem has securedthereto a disk, J, from the under face of which depends a pin, j, soarranged as to engage with the teeth of the verge-wheel F and lock theverge-wheel against rotation, and, as shown, the edge of the disk J isprovided with a recess, j, within which is a pin,

j, depending from the plate D, with which pin the edges of the disk attheends of the recess engage to limit the movement of the disk J inengaging the pin j with or disengaging it from the verge-wheel F.

K is a support, formed of vulcanized indiarubber or other insulatingmaterial, attached at its lower end to the plate D, and to this supportK is secured, by rivets or otherwise, strips of sheet-copper or otherconducting material, k k is, the free ends of which are arranged to beengaged by pins on the vergewheel F and rock-shaft e.

L L L represent conducting-wires, the endsof which are connected,respectively, to the strips Z0 Z0 la. The strip It has its free end in aplane to be struck successively by a series of pins, Z, depending fromthe vergewheel F. The strip has its free end in a plane to be engaged bya strip, Z, attached to two of the depending pins Z, the pins being ofthe proper length to bring the strip Z in line with the strip Zn, andthe strip 10' has its free end in a plane to be, struck by a pin, Zprojecting out from the rock-shaft e. The strips Z0 k k, in connectionwith the pin Z, strip Z, and pin Z, make and break successively thecircuitfor the wires L L L, and the making and breaking of, the circuitis controlled through the weighted rod E, by which the movement of therock-shaft e and verge f is regulated.

M M M represent buttons located on the upper side of the plate A, andeach having a stem or shank for connection with the wires leading to theblock K, the wire L connecting with the stem m'of the button M, and thewires L L connecting, respectively, with the stems m m of the buttons MM.

N is a switch-lever, the attached end of which is connected with p a pinor pivot, N, the stem of which enters the plate A and, as shown, passesthrough such plate, and is held in place by a nut, (see Fig. 4,) and, asshown, the swing of the the lever N is limited by pins n.

O is a button arranged in the circle of the buttons M M M so as to liebeneath the end of the lever N, from which button a wire leads to theconnection with the battery.

P represents the wire leading from the button O to the screw or button19.

Q Q represent the binding-posts located on the top of the plate A, andhaving a stem or shank passing through such plate, and, as shown, awire, q, connects the button Q with the pivot N of the switch-lever N,and, awire, q, runs from the binding-post Q to the disk U and lever T.From the pivot V of lever S, which is insulated from disk U, a secondwire, q, leads to .the screw or button 10, to which the wire P isconnected, and this button or screw 19 passes into the plate D of therheotome devices,which plate is of conducting material and forms thecircuit-connection between the pins Z and the binding-post p.

R is a series of buttons located in a circle, and arranged on top of theplate A in the construction shown, which buttons startfrom O, and, asshown, run to 36, inclusive; but a greater or less number can be used,the number corresponding with the cells of the battery employed. Forconvenience of illustration I have shown these cells as arranged in acircle and connected with the buttons R; but it is evident that anyother form of arrangement may be adopted. V

S is an arm or lever pivoted at one end and having its free end to swingin a circle above the buttons R, and in such relation to the buttonsthat the free end of the arm can be made to engage with any desiredbutton.

T is an arm or lever insulated from lever S, and ,pivotally attached atone end and having its free end swinging in the are of a circlecorresponding to that of the buttons R, such free endbeing arranged toengage with any desired button.

U is a disk, formed with the arm or lever T in the form of constructionshown, and having thereon a series of numbers running from 0 to 36, bothinclusive, in the construction shown, or to such number as to correspondwith the number of buttons R.

The buttons R, in connection with the levers or arms S T, are for thepurpose of selecting out any given number of cells to bring within thecircuit, and for this purpose the arm or lever T is set to have its freeend engage with the button R, which has the 0 thereon, and the lever Sis swung around to S T any desired number of cells can be brought 7 intoa circuit, and if from any cause a cell becomes broken or disarrangedas,for instance, the cell which belongs with the button R having thereonthe figure 7-the arm T can be set to have its free end engage with thebutton R, having thereon the figure 8, which throws out of use all ofthe cells up to and including the one for the button R, with the Fig. 7thereon, and by starting from here as the counting-point the lever S canstill be made to operate and bring into use any given number of cells tothe full number, from S to 36, both inclusive, and if fifteen cells areto be brought into use, by setting the lever S as shown in Fig. 2fifteen cells are brought into the circuit, and such fact is indicatedby the register U, which shows the figure 15 at one edge of the arm S.It will thus be seen that by the use of these arms or levers S T anydesired number of cells can be quickly brought into the circuit bysimply setting the lever S for the desired number of cells, as indicatedby the register U, and if some of the cells become broken or disarrangedin any way, so as to be inoperative, the register of the number of cellsin the circuit can still be quickly shown by setting the lever B toleave out of use all of the cells back of the broken one, and thensetting the lever S from the point where the lever B starts. This devicewill be found very useful and beneficial in enabling the operator toquickly select any required number of cells, and can be applied and usedwith any form of galvanic battery where it is desired to have a greateror less number of cells brought into use.

The operation of the controlling device for the interrupted current isas follows: The train of gear is kept in motion by the spring I, whichspring is wound up through the post I and a suitable key, and as thespring unwinds it imparts rotation to the drum H, causing the gear onthe lower plate of the drum to drive the pinion h, which drives thewheel G, and through the pinion g drives the verge-wheel F, such wheelbeing driven intermittently by the action of the verge f, as usual, sothat the verge will have a rocking movement, producing a correspondingmovement for the shaft 6, with which the rod E is connected, giving suchrod a reciprocating or vibrating movement similar to a pendulum, and thebeats of such rod are controlled by the position of the ball E thereon.The ball located in the first circle, Z), of the graduated scale allowsa quick vibration or beat for the rod E. For the next circle, I), thevibration or beat of the rod is a little slower, and so on, until thelast circle, I), is reached, when a slow beat or vibration is had forthe rod, and the vibrations or beats of the rod are prevented by turningthe shaft J to cause the pin j on the disk J to interlock with the teethof the verge-wheel F, and when such engagement is released the train ofgear is free to actuate the verge-rod e and produce the vibrations orbeats of the rod E. The rotation of the vergewheel F brings the pinsZsuccessively in contact with the free end of the strip 75, with whichthe wire L communicates, and such rotation of the wheel F brings thestrip l in contact .with the strip k, with which the wire Lcommunicates, and the rock of the verge-shaft 6 causes the pin or arm Zthereon to strike the end of the strip With which the wire Lcommunicates. The desired wire or current is selected by bringing thefree end of the lever N in contact with that one of the buttons M M Mfor the wire to be used, and, as will be seen, the buttons are numbered1 2 3 to correspond with the numbered spaces 1 2 3 of the scale on topof the plate 0 and its extension 0', so that the operator or user, byplacing the end of the lever N on the button M, which has on its topface a figure 1, knows that he has selected a current or wirecorresponding to the space 1 of the scale, and by following the wire L,which has connection with the button hi, it will be seen that it leadsto the strip 70, with which the strip Z comes in contact, producing aninterrupted current for a considerable time, as the strip Z is only incontact with the strip 70 during a short interval compared with theentire rotation of the wheel. Such interval, however, may be increasedor decreased by shortening or lengthening the strip Z, and when the0011- nection is with the wire L, strip 10, and strip 1 the rotation ofthe verge-wheel has no eifect in producing a connection with the strips7c and the strips 70', as such strips have no connection with theirrespective wires L L for the passage of the current. The connection ismade for the wire L and strip 7.", by placing the end of the lever l onthe button M, which button has thereon the figure 2, indicating that theconnection is with the current for the scale, which is figure 2 on thespace a,

and when the connection is with the wire L the interruptions are morefrequent, as the controlling devices therefor are the pins l, which comein contact successively with the end of the strip 7c, producing a breakand a contact intermittently, and such break and contact will occur withthe passage of each pin, and the number can be varied by changing thenumber of pins-that is, with the pins shown five breaks are made foreach revolution of the verge-wheel, but by adding more pins or using aless number a greater or less number of breaks will be had, and it willalso be seen that by adding another strip, Z, the breaks for the wires Lcan be doubled. The connection for the wire L is made by placing thelever N on the button M, which button has on its top the figure3,corresponding with an indicating-figure 3 on the space a of the scale,and when this connection is made for the wire L the breaks and contactswill occur with each engagement and withdrawal of the pin or arm Z andstrip Z0.

The rapidity of the breaks and contacts for all of the wires iscontrolled by the ball E, which can be adjusted in or'out on the rod Eto produce the required number of interruptions, as when the ball is atthe inner adjustment the breaks or interruptions will be very quick, andsuch breaks or interruptions will be decreased as the ball is slid out,and it will be seen that with the ball located at the inner or firstplace the breaks for the wire L will be very quick, as the contact ofthe arm Z with the strip It will be arapid one. The breaks for the wireL will be less frequent, as there is more space between the pins Z, andconsequentlya slower contact, and the breaks for the wire L will bestill less frequent than for the wire L, as the strip Z is in contactwith the strip it for a partial revolution of the verge-wheel only.

The graduated scale on the plate 0 and extension O, in connection withthe numerals 1 2 3 of the spaces A A A, enables the operator todetermine the number of beats for a given period of time with the ballor weight E adjusted at different points, as with the switch-lever N onthe button 1 the operator knows that the connection is with the wire L,and that with such connection, with the ball at the limit of its outwardadjustment, six breaks will occur for a given period, and these breakswill be increased in number as the ball is adjusted toward theverge-shaft, as the operator is aware that the breaks occur with theengagement and disengagement of the strip Z with the strip Z0, and withthe lever N engaged with the button M the operator can tell by theposition of the weight E the number of breaks that will occur at thedifferent points of adjustment in a given period, and the same is truewith the lever N engaged with the button M, as the operator knows thatwith the engagement of the lever N with the button M the breaks willoccur with the engagement of the pins Z with the strips lo, and when thelever Nis engaged with the button M the breaks will occur with eachcontact of the pin l with the j The operator is thus enabled to sestriplect any wire, and by means of the adjustable weight E and the graduatedscale on the plate 0 and extension 0 to adjust the ball or weight togive any desired number of breaks or interruptions to the current.

The independent circuits described are for the purpose of varying thenumber of breaks in the circuit when in use, in order to suit thecurrent to the different cases to the treatment of which the apparatusmay be applied. For example, the circuit formed through the button M,having the numeral 1, will give a current which will be broken orinterrupted at six, eight, ten, fifteen, or twenty-two times in aminute, or other predetermined period. The current through button M,bearing the numeral 2, will be broken thirty, forty, seventyfive, or onehundred and ten times'in a minute, and the current through button 1Vbearin g the numeral 3, will be broken one hundred and eighty, twohundred and forty, three hundred, four hundred and eighty, or sixhundred times in a given period .of time, the position of the weightvarying the number for each circuit, the number of breaks in eachcircuit depending on the devices shown in Figs. 5, 6, and 8.

I have not shown the battery-cells, as these may be of any approved formand construction; but with this exception the apparatus is complete, asshown and described.

WVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The rod E, adjustable weight E-, vergeshaft e, and verge f, incombination with the verge-wheel F and a motive power for driving suchwheel, strips 70 la la, pins Z, strip Z, and pin Z, for making andbreaking the contact at regular intervals, substantially as specified.

2. The rod E, adjustable weight E, vergeshaft 6, and verge f, incombination with the verge-wheel F, pins Z, strips k, and wire L, formaking and breaking the circuit of the wire L, substantially as and forthe purpose specitied.

3. The rod E, adjustable weight E, vergeshaft 8, and verge f, incombination with the verge-wheel F, strip Z, strip 70, and wire L, formaking and breaking the circuit of the wire L, substantially as and forthe purpose specified.

4:. The rod E, adjustable weight E, vergeshaft 6, and verge f, incombination with the verge-wheel F, pin Z, strip k, and wire L, formaking and breaking the circuit of the wire L, substantially as and forthe purpose and switch-lever N, for selecting the wire and making andbreaking the circuit thereof, sub

stantially as and for the purpose specified.

7. The combination, with a weighted rod and a rock-shaft, of a graduatedscale, circuitwires, and a switch lever for throwing into circuit anyone of several contact-springs having different rates of rupture,substantially as specified.

8. The combination, with a rheotome, of a weighted vibratory rod, E,having an adj ustable weight, E, and a scale over which said rod andweight vibrate, said scale indicating the several variations in the makeand break adjustable weight E, substantially as specified.

10. A series of buttons arranged in a circle, in combination with thelevers S T and indicator U, mounted upon the central pivotcarryingt'said levers S and T, for selecting and determining the cellsin use, substantially as specified.

CHAUNCEY V. OSBORN.

\Vitnesses:

ALBERT H. ADAMS, HARRY T. JONES.

